Description: During this episode of Divine Intimacy Radio, Dan and Melissa explore what it means to prepare oneself for spiritual desolation and to place one's confidence in God.

 

Topics/Questions covered in the show:

• When in consolation, how do we prepare ourselves for upcoming desolation?
• How does a melancholic personality approach this strategy without falling into desperation and depression?
• What does it mean to place our confidence in God?
• How do we discern between desolation and anxiety of daily life?
• How can we properly discern a vocation to the religious life?

 

Resources:

• Spiritualdirection.com - website
• EWTN Global Catholic Radio
• Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation
• EWTN Religious Catalogue - online
• The Discernment of Spirits by Father Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V.
• Spiritual Consolation: An Ignatian Guide for Greater Discernment of Spirits by Father Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V.
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